Guitar Lesson 1 : Learn the FretBoard Pattern

 The the long neck of your guitar is known as FRETBOARD. Frets are seperated via thin metal sticks. Each Fret consists of 6 Music notes.

As we know the notes that are present on Guitar, are combined in
various forms to form a song or tune. So, first we should learn these
notes and there locations where they are present on FretBoard.

PLEASE DOWNLOAD THE 'FRETBOARD Image' ATTACHED With This TUTORIAL.

I assume that you have downloaded the FretBoard. The 6 Strings of a
Guitar are referred as

E -------> 1st String (Thinnest)
B--------> 2nd String
G--------> 3rd String
D--------> 4th String
A--------> 5th String
E--------> 6th String (Thickest)

These are also called 'OPEN' Notes. That means when first string is played
without pressing any note on FretBoard, 'E' note is played. Same is applied to all other Strings.

Now, as we have learnt Open Notes, we just can't use them alone to play a
song. Thus we play notes on FretBoard, to play a song.

The Note Pattern is like this -->

'E' -- 'F' -- 'F#' -- 'G' -- 'Ab' -- 'A' -- 'Bb' -- 'B' -- 'C' -- 'C#' -- 'D' -- 'D#'

That is the next immediate note on FretBoard will follow the above pattern ( See FretBoard Image for Better Understanding ).

You might question, these notes are absent in above pattern -->
Gb, G#, A#, Db

Actually they are same as ( Refer to above pattern ),
Gb --> F#
G# --> Ab
A# --> Bb
Db --> C#

Suppose You are starting to play a tune, from 'D' note, you can go
Up and Down, according to FretBoard Pattern.
Now try to practise the scales from different different position on
the FretBoard. And check that you are playing the Correct pattern.

The point is, you should be able to do following things :-
1) Point out any Note on FretBoard.
2) Play the above given Pattern from that note.

Practising this regularly, will definately give you command over the
Guitar and Yes It WORKS !!!!!